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Chapter 87 Victory
"Oscar, how do you think Reggie Toyes will change his offensive strategy on the field after the timeout to deal with the current situation?"

While both the Kings and the Trail Blazers were taking advantage of the timeout to arrange tactics and strategies for the last few minutes of the game, Richmond, who was obviously a little restless on the sidelines, also began to ask himself Oscar Robertson next to him raised a question. In today's game, almost from the beginning of the game, the Kings maintained an advantage over the Trail Blazers. Just now, when the official timeout in the fourth quarter, the Kings still led by two points , but in the blink of an eye the situation on the field reversed. If the king lost the game, it would definitely cause them a lot of psychological pressure. They lost 21 points in the last game, and they are leading again in this game The 40-minute situation was reversed. If the Kings meet the Trail Blazers again in the future, they may be short in their hearts before the game starts.

"At times like this, the first thing to do is to do a good job of defending yourself, and on the offensive end, you must also ensure the success rate of the offense. You must ensure that every attack can score. How to ensure the success rate of the offense? Of course It is to go to the basket, the closer to the basket, the easier it is to score, it is a truth that will never be out of date." After Richmond raised the question, Oscar Robertson answered his question very simply.

With the change of NBA game rules and the decline of insiders, the current league has paid more and more attention to outsiders and three-point shooting tactics. Robertson often laments in his heart that he was not born at a good time. In this era, outside players like Robertson will never see their day, but no matter how the rules change and how basketball tactics develop, the offensive efficiency at the basket will always be higher than that of the outside line. Strong play, or the breakthrough of outside players, can easily cause defensive fouls on the defensive side. Therefore, when Richmond asked Robertson what changes the Kings should make, Robertson gave the answer without hesitation. Answer.

"Hitting the basket?" After Robertson finished speaking, Richmond fell into deep thought. Compared with the Blazers, the King's interior is at a disadvantage. When Greg Oden and Aldridge are both in the When at the basket, it is difficult for the Kings to score through offense at the basket, so what Robertson said about hitting the basket must not be simply rushing to the basket.

While Richmond was still dragging his chin to think, players from both sides began to appear one after another. With 3 minutes and 12 seconds left before the end of the game, neither the Kings nor the Trail Blazers had any If the King wants to win, he must equalize or overtake the score in the shortest time, and if the Blazers want to win, they must do their best to withstand the King's last wave of counterattack.

"The king's offense, Yan Hua stopped near the free throw line, is it ready to pick and roll?"

After the timeout ended, Yan Hua stopped near the free throw line after sending a sideline ball into the field, and Nate McMillan seemed to have expected the king to make such a change. When he arranged the defense just now, Nate- McMillan gave up the full-time double-team strategy against Yan Hua, and changed to a man-to-man pressing defense.

"This bastard!" After seeing the defensive positions of the Blazers players on the field, Reggie Toyce, who was standing on the sidelines, turned his head to look at the Blazers' bench, facing Nate Mike with his arms folded on his chest Milan scolded, as a head coach, what I hate the most and suffer the most is not that my players perform poorly, nor do I lose the game, but that I am always being predicted by the opposing head coach. It can be guessed by the other party. This kind of situation has been experienced a lot, and no one can bear it.

Although the Blazers gave up double-teaming Yan Hua and began to use pressing defense at the last moment of the game, successfully resolving Reggie Troyes' change, but this defensive strategy of the Blazers is also not good for the Kings. It's not completely unacceptable. Giving up the double-teaming of Yan Hua means that Yan Hua can have more opportunities to participate in the king's offense, unlike the few rounds before the timeout, when he was completely stripped out of the king's tactical system.

John Salmons, who played very uncomfortable under the "care" of Nicholas Batum, became more difficult to complete the offense after the Blazers started to use the tight tactics, so when John Salmon After Si got the ball, he directly called Yan Hua's pick-and-roll cooperation.

After successfully completing the pick-and-roll with Yan Hua, John Salmons handed the ball directly to Yan Hua. It wasn't that John Salmons didn't want to attack or score, but he was facing Gray who was switching defenses. At the time of Greg Oden, he was completely unsure, so John Salmons handed over the basketball directly to Yan Hua, and asked Yan Hua to play Nicholas Batum in a misplaced single.

Nicolas Batum and Yan Hua are rookies in the same class, but unlike Yan Hua who has no professional league experience, Nicholas Batum has been playing in Ligue [-] before participating in the draft and participated in the European training organized by Nike He also participated in the European Championships with the French men's basketball team. He has excellent physical fitness and comprehensive personal skills. He can control the ball, break through, run, and attack with the ball. The most important thing is his defense and excellent physical fitness. , Excellent wingspan and top-notch defensive awareness made Nicholas Batum secure the main position as soon as he arrived in the Blazers, becoming a sharp knife for the Blazers on the perimeter and a solid barrier with the defensive end. In the game, Nicholas Batum's defense against John Salmons was quite successful.

Nicholas Batum, who was still able to defend John Salmons with ease, had a bit of difficulty defending Yan Hua, because the height and weight gap between the two sides was too big, and Batum himself weighed only 90 kilograms Mu, in the 3rd position is a bit thin, not to mention the big center he has to defend now, Yan Hua's weight can only be described as mediocre among the centers, but once he is on the outside, the weight Add strength, that is the crushing advantage.

Nicholas Batum, who knew he was in a weak position, did not post it immediately after Yan Hua received the ball. -Batum has emphasized that Yan Hua's mid-range and long-range shots are very average, so when changing defenses, as long as Yan Hua's position is above the free throw line, then he can be let to shoot. If Yan Hua cuts below the free throw line , Batum must post it, and use his own advantages to prevent him from receiving the basketball as much as possible.

As for whether Yan Hua will attack with the ball at the top of the arc, Nate McMillan has never considered this issue. It is difficult for a 7-foot center to attack with the ball in the area above the free throw line. People who play basketball should know that, generally speaking, center forwards have the worst ball control, dribbling ability and sense of the ball among all positions on the field. It is easy to make mistakes when playing the ball, let alone on the court with fierce confrontation.

So after Reggie Toyes called a timeout, Nate McMillan not only thought of the king's strategy of letting Yan Hua pull out the pick-and-roll, but also thought of a way to deal with them by the way, no matter who the pick-and-roll was with Yan Hua, The Blazers' strategy is to switch defenses infinitely, giving you the opportunity to play singles with misplaced positions. For Yan Hua, Nate McMillan's strategy is also very simple. As long as Yan Hua is not below the free throw line, let him shoot. Cut below the free throw line, that's close defense, and double-team if necessary.

And Batum, who is defending Yanhua, also believes that as long as he is a normal person, he will not make such a reckless and unwise choice at this time. Considering from Batum's point of view, for Yan Hua , His best choice now should be to pass the ball instead of shooting where he is not good at, or to attack with the ball if he is overwhelmed, what if?Even if the guy in front of him is hotheaded and really chooses to attack with the ball in front of him, Batum doesn't mind using a steal to wake him up.

The situation Yan Hua is in is really embarrassing. Before the pick-and-roll, Yan Hua never thought that John Salmons would pass the basketball to him, so Yan Hua received a pass from John Salmons At that time, he had just completed his turn and was still on the three-point line with one foot. If Yan Hua was now near the free throw line, Yan Hua would not mind trying to shoot. After all, Yan Hua was at that The position lore beat the Suns, but near the three-point line, Yan Hua never tried it in training, let alone in the game.

After scanning for a week and found that there were no good opportunities for the teammates around him, Yan Hua decided to give it a try. In the King's current tactical system, there is no Yan Hua's tactics of attacking with the ball, but Yan Hua felt that if he If they didn't show anything in this offense, but fulfilled their wishes and passed the basketball, it is estimated that the Blazers will become more unscrupulous in the remaining minutes, and the King's pick-and-roll will become a little bit It's useless, John Salmons can't beat Greg Oden when he is out of position, and he can only choose to pass the ball when he is out of position, so why use the pick and roll?
After patting the basketball with his right hand and wiping the sweat from his forehead with his left hand, Yan Hua quickly lowered his center of gravity, dribbled towards Nicholas Batum's left side, and took a step forward. After Tom moved a step to the left in advance, Yan Hua temporarily changed the direction of the breakthrough, took a big step obliquely, and rushed directly from the right side of Nicholas Batum's body.

"My God, what is this kid doing?"

When Yan Hua broke through Nicholas Batum with the ball, there was an instant exclamation from the reporters on the sidelines, and Richmond on the commentary stood up excitedly, although Rich Mond didn't know why he was so excited, but Richmond faintly felt that something big would happen.

After getting rid of Nicholas Batum and successfully rushing into the paint area, Yan Hua began to accelerate, trying to score before Aldridge, who was on the other side of the paint area, could complete the defense, but Yan Hua somewhat underestimated Aldridge. Aldridge's defensive speed was almost the moment Yan Hua got rid of Nicholas Batum, and Aldridge gave up defending Spencer Hawes and rushed directly to the paint.

Just when Yan Hua stepped into the paint area with one foot, Aldridge, who was assisting in defense, also entered the paint area and was looking for a favorable defensive position. Yan Hua was already on the verge, and now there was no way out. As for passing?It's not that Yan Hua doesn't want to wear it, but with Yan Hua's current vision, even if the teammates on the side have already run out of space, Yan Hua can hardly see it.

While Yan Hua was still speeding up towards the basket, Aldridge, who had already entered the paint area, was looking for the best defensive position and at the same time set his sights on Yan Hua, but when Aldridge saw the After seeing Yan Hua who was rushing towards him, his pupils shrank instantly, because Aldridge felt a strong sense of oppression in his heart.

Almost at the moment when Aldridge hesitated, Yan Hua, who was still holding the ball, rushed towards Aldridge. To the surprise of Aldridge and the reporters who were taking pictures behind Aldridge, The moment Aldridge and Yan Hua had physical contact, Aldridge was directly knocked away by Yan Hua.

"how can that be?"

After being knocked away by Yan Hua who was rushing head-on, Aldridge couldn't accept such a result at all. Although Aldridge's power was not top in the interior, it was definitely not bad, but in this collision In the middle, Aldridge was knocked away by Yan Hua without the slightest effort to fight back, but what made Aldridge unacceptable was still behind.

After bumping away from Aldridge, Yan Hua did not stop, but took advantage of the stopping force generated after colliding with Aldridge, and quickly completed the jump, preparing to dunk the basketball into the basket through Aldridge middle.

"Dunk, this guy actually wants to dunk?" When Yan Hua bumped away from Aldridge and took off, the fans in the entire Arco Arena stood up, and the reporters behind the basketball hoop, In an instant, he was not calm, this guy actually wanted to dunk?You must know that Aldridge is still standing in front of him. Although Aldridge was completely at a disadvantage in the collision just now, after all, Aldridge is also an insider with a height of more than 2 meters, and he wants to complete the dunk through him. , where is that easy.

With the sound of "bang", Aldridge, who had just woken up, felt a powerful force hit him directly. Aldridge looked at him, and a Kings player wearing the No. 13 jersey was alone. Hands hung on the basket.

After Yan Hua successfully dunked Aldridge, the Arco Arena fell into a brief silence. Whether it was the fans at the scene, the players and coaches on the benches of both sides, or even the reporters in the press box, When they looked at Yan Hua who was hanging on the basket, they all looked surprised, and after a while, there was a burst of cheers like a tsunami in Arco Arena.

"After the dunk, Yan Hua actually dunked Aldridge, the Blazers are in danger, the Blazers are in danger!" Almost at the moment Yan Hua dunked Aldridge, Richmond, who had stood up from his seat, He shouted out excitedly, this dunk by Yan Hua was not a simple dunk, at this time, at the critical moment of the game, Yan Hua broke through the Blazers' defense one after another, and then dunked Aldrie Oddly, this not only means that the Blazers need to re-examine Yan Hua's defense and make changes, but the king's side will also boost their morale because of this dunk. It was taken.

"It seems that I have underestimated this kid." Nate McMillan, who had been standing on the sidelines, began to tremble uncontrollably with his clenched hands after Yan Hua dunked Aldridge. Hua's dunk was a heavy blow to both Aldridge and the Blazers, but what made Nate McMillan feel self-blame and despair the most was Yan Hua's excellent sense of the ball in this attack just now And face-up breakthrough ability, this guy's low-post attack is at the first-class level in the declining center position, and now this guy has shown above-level face-up offensive ability, with only 2 points left before the end of the game. Minutes later, Nate McMillan no longer knew how to arrange his defense. Continue to implement the defensive strategy just now?Afraid that the Blazers will be screened by his face-to-face offense and change their defensive strategy against him?Nate McMillan doesn't know how to change that.

(End of this chapter)